HIDROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hidrosis mean? 

• HIDROSIS (noun)
  The noun HIDROSIS has 1 sense:

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

  Familiarity information: HIDROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIDROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

diaphoresis; hidrosis; perspiration; sudation; sweating

Context example:

perspiration is a homeostatic process

Hypernyms ("hidrosis" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hidrosis"):

hyperhidrosis; hyperidrosis; polyhidrosis (excessive and profuse perspiration)

Derivation:

hidrotic (of or relating to sweat)